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(especially of a party) involving a lot of drinking of alcohol, uncontrolled behavior and possibly sexual activity |
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excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; intemperance |
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something that is very wrong and unfair |
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a person, usually a man, who lives immorally, having sexual relationships with many people |
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having or showing strong sexual desires |
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(especially of a person or their behaviour) sexual in an uncontrolled and socially unacceptable way |
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a person of bad character and habits |
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describes language that refers to sex in a rude but humorous way |
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causing or showing a strong interest in sexual matters |
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1 dirty and unpleasant
2 immoral and shocking |
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1 changing suddenly and often
2 lively and quick |
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a person or thing which has the same purpose as another one in a different place or organization |
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an exact copy, especially of a document |
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a model of something, or a very clear and typical example of something |
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something which happened or existed before another thing, especially if it either developed into it or had an influence on it |
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the most typical example |
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describes something which looks real but is not real |
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experienced as a result of watching, listening to or reading about the activities of other people, rather than by doing the activities yourself |
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1 a damaging or derogatory remark or criticism; slander
2 the act of slandering; vilification; defamation; calumniation; derogation |
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to criticize or speak in an angry manner to someone |
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(the act of making) a statement about someone which is not true and is intended to damage the reputation of that person |
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to criticize something as bad, worthless or unnecessary; to condemn |
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to damage the reputation of a person or group by saying or writing bad things about them which are not true
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1 to criticize something or someone strongly and publicly
2 to accuse someone publicly of being something bad; to give information against |
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to criticize someone or something in a way that shows you do not respect or value them |
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to state the opinion that a play, a book, a political action, etc. is very bad |
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to refuse to accept something as the truth |
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to speak to someone or a group of people, often for a long time, in a forceful and sometimes angry way, especially to persuade them |
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to protest strongly or attack vehemently with words; rail (usually fol. by against) |
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to criticize someone or something severely |
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to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply |
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1 censure, blame, or abusive language aimed at a person or thing, esp. by numerous persons or by the general public
2 discredit, disgrace, or bad repute resulting from public blame, abuse, or denunciation |
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to severely criticize someone, especially in a public way |
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to speak angrily to someone because you disapprove of what they have said or done |
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to complain to someone or about something |
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to reprove or find fault with; rebuke; censure; blame |
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to tell someone that you disapprove of their wrong or foolish behaviour |
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to criticize someone strongly, or say unpleasant things to or about someone |
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to use or address with harsh or abusive language; revile |
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1 to deprive and make desolate, esp. by death (usually fol. by of)
2 to deprive ruthlessly or by force (usually fol. by of) |
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no longer existing, living, or working correctly |
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1 death
2 the end of something that was previously considered to be powerful, such as a business, industry or system |
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sad, or causing sadness or emotional suffering |
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1 the sound made by a bell rung slowly, esp. for a death or a funeral
2 a sound or sign announcing the death of a person or the end, extinction, failure, etc., of something
3 any mournful sound. |
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describes something that is very strange and unpleasant because it is connected with death or violence |
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(especially of an organization or business) not active or successful |
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a funeral rite or ceremony |
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suggesting death or places where the dead are buried |
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1 a spirit of a dead person which is sometimes represented as a pale, transparent image of that person
2 something which is pale or weak and without a clear shape |
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1 to refuse or deny oneself (some rights, conveniences, etc.); reject; renounce
2 to relinquish; give up |
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avoiding physical pleasures and living a simple life, often for religious reasons |
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simple and severe with no comfort |
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determined not to complain or show your feelings, especially when something bad happens to you |
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if someone's behaviour is temperate, it is calm and controlled |
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demanding total obedience and refusing to allow people freedom to act as they wish |
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describes a person, especially a ruler, who has unlimited power over other people, and often uses it unfairly and cruelly |
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(especially of countries) the position of being the strongest and most powerful and therefore able to control others
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unpleasantly proud and expecting obedience |
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expecting to be obeyed immediately and without questioning |
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1 government by a ruler or small group of people who have unlimited power over the people in their country or state and use it unfairly and cruelly
2 when a situation or person controls how you are able to live, in an unfair way
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difficult to understand |
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mysterious and known only by a few people |
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to bewilder or confuse (someone)
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mysterious and difficult to understand |
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(especially of a person or their expression) not showing emotions or thoughts and therefore very difficult to understand or get to know |
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1 not known to many people
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to confuse and worry someone slightly by being difficult to understand or solve
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not known about by many people and difficult to understand |
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1 not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment or the like; clouded; opaque; obscured
2 thick or dense, as smoke or clouds
3 confused; muddled; disturbed |
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to spoil the beauty, importance, purity, etc. of something or someone
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a very narrow valley between two mountains |
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smelling extremely bad and stale |
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likely to cause unhappiness or be unpleasant, especially because unfair |
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extremely unpleasant; causing and deserving hate |
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decayed and having an unpleasant smell |
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causing annoyance, irritation, or aversion; repellent |
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